@iamkhayyam turned me on to this inspiredology post featuring intriguing examples of "horizontal" web design (i.e., sites that scroll from right to left instead of up and down). Checking them out made me realize a) that I don't see this enough, b) you can use a lot of different visual metaphors to indicate when a site is loading, and c) some human beings are really, truly, super creative.
The majority of these are portfolio sites. If you don't have time to look at all 25, I recommend that you at least take a gander at these four:
Cesar Jacobi/Mutanz- Pythonesque surreal animation and cool t-shirts (among other work).
BBH London - Very elegant, fluid layout and amazing commercial work.
SectionSeven Inc. - Slick 3D foldout animation.
Ole Häntzschel - Clever use of distortion, illegibility, and rollovers.
If you've still got time, here's two more:
Sonido - Nice "Word Search" Menu Metaphor.
Nile Studio - Russian design studio with a typical horizontal portfolio but very trippy cyrillic type work.
Have you seen any good examples of horizontal design that aren't on inspiredology's list? They've got to be out there...
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